Mary McIntyre In Virginia And Scotland

Mary (MacIntyre) More's entry at Wikitree and also an earlier Mary MacIntyre Moir blog post.

1880 Census, Virginia, Nansemond, Holly Neck 

(See map of Nansemond County, Virginia)

1901 Scotland Census

Name: Mary S Moir

Age: 22

Relationship: Wife

Spouse's name : George M Moir

Where born: America, Virginia

Registration Number: 685/5

Registration district: Newington

Civil Parish: Edinburgh Robertson Memorial

County: Midlothian

Address: 14 Roseneath Pl

ED: 96   Household schedule number: 64 LINE: 14

Roll: CSSCT1901_389

George M Moir 33

Mary S Moir 22

Peter W M Moir 5 M

Mary L. Mcintyre

Virginia Births and Christenings

Name Mary L. Mcintyre

Gender Female

Birth Date 23 Apr 1878

Birthplace Nansemond, Virginia

Father's Name Peter Mcintyre

Mother's Name Elizabeth Mcintyre

Elizabeth Mcintyre mentioned in the record of (husband) Peter Mcintyre

From Virginia Deaths and Burials

Name Peter Mcintyre

Death Date 06 Feb 1883

Death Place Nansemond Co., Virginia

Age 41

Birth Date 1842

Birthplace Scotland

Spouse's Name Elizabeth Mcintyre

Father's Name James Mcintyre

Mother's Name Roxana Ncintyre

(Virginia) Chancery Records Index

NANSEMOND Co. 1887-003

Elizabeth McIntyre EXX

Elizabeth McIntyre INFANT ETC

 PETER MCINTYRE MENTIONED IMAGE 15

CHECK IMAGE 22 for other names

Image 33 Q and A

Peter Prentis guardian image 38  Elizabeth, Sarah, Mary Rosanna, Margaret McIntyre

Image 40 Adam Moffatt also mentioned

Image 43, Elizabeth Mcintyre, widow of Peter McIntyre

Image 53 Peter McIntyre Last Will and Testament witnesses Thomas Cross, R.E. Whitehead

" deceased by 11 June 1883

Image 57 19 august 1878 deed Peter McIntyre

Image 61 deed  Allegheny, PA

Image 68 she (Elizabeth) and her husband (Peter) were natives of Scotland; wants to move back

Image 74 full page of newspaper, Suffolk Herald, June 5, 1885

Image 75 two full pages...." " land for sale near Holy Neck...McIntyre land

Image 76 full page..."

Rosaltha Farrar In Probate

Farrar, Rosaltha

2124 Image 584

Rosaltha, who was the daughter of Rebecca Perry and Loid Orville Farrar, married James Levi More (my great granduncle).

James Muir's IOU

Michigan, Probate Records, Lapeer Estate files 1852-1855...:

Lapeer County Probate File 130 [Image 747]

George W. Terry, Deceased

IOU James Muir, Thornville [Image 806]

30 June 1854

Muir [Image 810]

30 June 1854

James Muir MIGHT be our James More who was connected to Thornville).  However, there was a James Muir living in Lapeer County in Almont as well (he was born in Scotland in 1810 and married Lodema Squier).

Ralph Powers And His Family's Group Sheet

L to R: Bill, Beatrice, Dick (smaller boy in front), Ralph

Family of my paternal grandparents, Ralph Newman Powers and Beatrice Cameron (missing is Ellen Nancy who died as a toddler):

Name Ralph Powers

Birth Date 27 Jul 1896

Battle Creek, Calhoun, Michigan

Father's Name Wm Powers

Father's Birthplace Canada

Mother's Name Ada Powers

Mother's Birthplace Canada [Sic]

Census 1900

Battle Creek city Ward 1, Calhoun, Michigan

William S Po??S Head M 41 Canada Eng

Addie M Po??S Wife F 36 Michigan

Na?? S Po??S Son M 7 Michigan

Ralph N Po??S Son M 4 Michigan

Addie M Po??S Daughter F 2 Michigan

Cynthia Moor Mother-in-law F 71 New York

Mary F Greene Servant F 29 Ohio

Census 1910

Dryden, Lapeer, Michigan

William S Powers Head M 50 Canada

Adda M Powers Wife F 45 Michigan

Ward S Powers Son M 16 Michigan

Ralph N Powers Son M 13 Michigan

Adda M Powers Daughter F 12 Michigan

Cynthia J Powers Daughter F 9 Michigan

Marion G Powers Son M 3 Michigan

Ralph Newman Powers

Event Type Draft Registration

Event Date 1917-1918

Flint City no 1, Michigan

[1205 S. Saginaw Street, Flint]

Birth Date 27 Jul 1896

Birthplace Battle Creek, Michigan

[Employed by Ira Van Kleek as a farm hand]

Census 1920

Flint, Genesee, Michigan

William S Powers Head M 60 Canada

Addie M Powers Wife F 55 Michigan

Ward S Powers Son M 26 Michigan

Ralph Powers Son M 23 Michigan

June Powers Daughter F 20 Michigan

Marion G Powers Son M 13 Michigan

Marriage Record

Name Ralph N. Powers

Birth Year 1897

Birthplace Michigan

Spouse's Name Jesse B. Cameron [sic - Beatrice, not Jesse]

Spouse's Birth Year 1901

Spouse's Birthplace Michigan

Event Date 29 Mar 1924

Event Place Flint, Genesee, Michigan

Father's Name Wm. S. Powers

Mother's Name Addie Moore

Spouse's Father's Name Donald Cameron

Spouse's Mother's Name Anna Cameron

Census 1930

Flint, Genesee, Michigan

[1530 Colorado Avenue, rented for $35.00 month]

Ralph N Powers Head M 33 Michigan [painter, auto factory plant]

[Veteran of WW]

Beatrice J Powers Wife F 29 Michigan

William C Powers Son M 4 Michigan

Ralph H Powers Son M 2 Michigan

Richard N Powers Son M 0 Michigan

Census 1940

 Flint, Genesee, Michigan

Ralph Powers Head M 43 Michigan

[Owned House At 1706 Beach Street Worth $2000]

[Polisher Automobile Factory; worked 44 weeks for $1600]

Jessie Powers Wife F 39 Michigan [sic - Beatrice]

William Powers Son M 14 Michigan

Ralph Powers Son M 12 Michigan

Richard Powers Son M 10 Michigan

Barbara Ann Powers Daughter F 8 Michigan

[Ralph completed 1 year of high school; Beatrice 2 years]

Ralph Newman Powers

Event Type Draft Registration

Event Date 1942

Event Place Flint, Genesee, Michigan, United States

Residence Place Flint, Genesee, Michigan

[1706 Beach Street, Flint]

Employer [Fisher Body, S. Saginaw Street]

Contact Person [Sister, Mrs. Wm. R. Allen, 1701 E. Hamilton St., Flint]

Birth Date 27 Jul 1896

Beatrice and Ralph Powers
(Living Room Of Their Corunna Road House)

Ralph Newman Powers

Event Type Burial

Grand Blanc, Genesee, Michigan

Birth Date 27 Jul 1896

Death Date 14 Oct 1965

Cemetery Evergreen Cemetery

Beatrice (1900-1974) was also buried in Evergreen Cemetery. 

Mores On The Map

Source

The marked spot from the 1841 Census (Scotland) where the More family lived.

Lieutenant Thomas Tracy

Source

There is a lot of controversy over the origins of Lt. Thomas Tracy. [Source]  From my blog: Did Lt. Thomas Tracy Marry The Widow Mason?  This publication indicated that Thomas Tracy married Edward Mason's widow.

More about Lieutenant Thomas Tracy (uncertain of their reliability):

Genealogical and Family History of Southern New York and the ..., Volume 3, By Cuyler Reynolds, profiled the Tracy family; and Genealogy of the Family of Lt. Thomas Tracy, of Norwich, Connecticut  By Matilda Ormond Taylor Birchard Abbey.

My lineage:

Lieutenant Thomas Tracy m. ?
Son Jonathan Tracy m. Mary Griswold
Daughter Mary Tracy m. Benjamin Parrish
Daughter Jerusha Parrish m. Benjamin Baker
Daughter Jerusha Baker m. John Backus
Son John Backus m. Hannah Fuller
Daughter Laura Backus m. Thomas P. Richmond
Daughter Cynthia Richmond m. James More
Daughter Addie More m. William S. Powers
Son Ralph N. Powers m. Beatrice Cameron
Son Richard N. Powers m. J. Joann Garrett
Daughter (Me)

She Was Her Step-Granddaughter's Cousin

Source - Kezzie More

Kezzie More, daughter of John Frank and Marian (Gibson) More, was my 1st cousin 2x removed. In 1883, when Kezzie was about 5 years old, her mother died at home in Michigan.  Young Kezzie was raised by her step-mother, Eleanor Lorancy (Robbins) More.

The More family moved from Michigan and were living in Haralson County, Georgia, when the 1900 census was taken.  Kezzie probably met her future husband, Alonzo Oliff Turner, at that time.  Before she and Alonzo formed a lasting relationship, Kezzie moved across the state to Waycross, Georgia, with her parents.

Alonzo (A.O.), who married Mamie Adderhold in 1901, had a daughter, Clarice Turner, in 1902.  Mamie died in 1907.  Kezzie More and A.O. Turner were married about 1928 and moved to Birmingham, Alabama.

Kezzie died on February 27, 1933, in Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto, Texas.

The story does not end there.

Kezzie (More) Turner's step-daughter, Clarice, married Lewis Corbett, of Hillsdale, Michigan, Kezzie's former home state.  Lewis and Clarice had a daughter named Freda.

Lewis Corbett's grandmother was Josephine Cleveland*, a descendant of Moses Cleveland and Ann Winn.  Kezzie was also a descendant of Moses and Ann.  Not only was she Kezzie's step-granddaughter, Freda was also Kezzie's 8th cousin 1x removed thanks to their shared Cleveland ancestry.

*Josephine Cleveland was the daughter of Charles Burrell Cleveland; his brother, Joseph Jerome Cleveland, was featured in this blog post.

Jean Lamond More's Second Marriage

Updated information from a comment left on this blog post at Richmonds & Connected Lineages:  Actually, Jean Lamond More did marry again - but late in life - to Jesse Arnold. 



Name: Jesse W Arnold
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 02 Nov 1925
Event Place: Orange, California
Gender: Male
Age: 65
Birth Year (Estimated): 1860
Father's Name: Leo G Arnold
Mother's Name: Dora Palmer
Spouse's Name: Jean L More
Spouse's Age: 65
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1860
Spouse's Father's Name: David Lamond
Spouse's Mother's Name: Janet Morton

Jean Lamond's first marriage was to Ward More (my great grand uncle) in Lapeer County, Michigan.

Were Jean and Jesse divorced by 1930?

Census  1930

Event Place: Los Angeles, California

Jean Arnold

Gender: Female

Age: 69

Marital Status: Married

Birthplace: Michigan

Father's Birthplace: Scotland

Mother's Birthplace: Michigan

Name: Jesse Arnold

Event Type: Census

Event Year: 1930

Event Place: Los Angeles, California

Gender: Male

Age: 70

Marital Status: Divorced

Relationship to Head of Household: Father

Birthplace: Iowa

Father's Birthplace: Vermont

Mother's Birthplace: United States

Household Role Gender Age Birthplace

John Arnold Head M 38 Colorado

Helen Arnold Wife  F 38 Colorado

Jack Arnold Son M 17 Colorado

Frances Arnold Daughter F 14 California

Richard Arnold Son M 8 California

Jesse Arnold Father M 70 Iowa

Name: Jesse Arnold

Event Type: Census 1900

Denver city Ward 5, Arapahoe, Colorado

Gender: Male

Marital Status: Divorced

Race: White

Relationship to Head of Household: Head

Birth Date: Aug 1861

Household Role Gender Age Birthplace

Jesse Arnold Head M 39 Iowa

Ralph Arnold Son M 13 Colorado

Roy Arnold Son M 11 Colorado

John Arnold Son M 9 Colorado

Asa Arnold Son M 7 Colorado

Mary Dexter Housekeeper F 60 Missouri

Name: Jesse W Arnold

Event Type: Death

Event Date: 22 Aug 1941

Event Place: Los Angeles, California

Birth Date: 16 Aug 1860

Birthplace: Iowa

Gender: Male

Father's Name: Arnold

Mother's Name: Palmer

The Millar Family In Ilkley

My great-grandmother's cousin, George Millar, was born (11 February 1861) in Ilkley, England, per his Spanish-American War record.  (The family moved to the United States by 1870). The records below were found via Ancestry.com.

West Yorkshire, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1910 Birth, Marriage, & Death

May 5 

George Son of Andrew & Jane Miller 

Ilkley Wells House Lodge --Gardener

John Snowden, Vicar

England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 Birth, Marriage, & Death

Peter Millar (Moir-Miller on the record), George's brother, was also born in Ilkley (28 June 1863).  His father, Andrew, was still the gardener at Wells House Lodge.

Andrew Millar was a gardener at Ilkley's Wells House Lodge; Charles Darwin was a visitor there in 1859.  Was Andrew Millar there during Mr. Darwin's visit?  I don't know.  

Andrew Millar and Jane Moir/More were married on November 19, 1860, in Inverarity and Methy, Angus, Scotland.  Was Jane an employee at Wells House Lodge before her marriage and is that where she met Andrew?  Probably not, but it's a possibility.

Source

"The ornamental grounds were laid out under the direction of Mr. [Joshua] Major, the celebrated landscape gardener." [Source]

More Family Of Forfar?

I believe my More (or Moir) family lived in the Forfar area of Scotland.

Forfarshire Illustrated:....:

The County derives its usual name of Forfar from the county town. Its more ancient name, Angus, by which it is still known, is commonly supposed to have been conferred in honour of a son of one of our Scottish kings of that name, to whom the district was granted by his father. Gaelic scholars, however, think this name denotes a hill of a particular description, or which was applied to a special use.

The County is the most westerly part of what is known as the East Coast of Scotland, It naturally divides itself into four districts.

1.  Marine Division

2.  The Sidlaw Hills

3.  Strathmore

4.  Grampian District

More Family In 1894 Lapeer County

1894 | Lapeer, Metamora |in SeekingMichigan:

More, James L | Male | Husband | 37 | 4

More, Rosa B | Female | Wife | 37 | 5

More, Mandie | Female | Daughter | 10 | 6

*More, Cynthia | Female | Mother | 64 | 7

*43  -  # of years within the State [Michigan]

64  -  # of years in the United States

She and both parents were born in NY

A Corbett Connection

A blogger posted about Boston Corbett, the soldier who shot John Wilkes Booth.  [Note: my 2nd great granduncle, Abraham Snay, was also a member of the cavalry who hunted down Booth].  According to his blog:

"Boston [Corbett] COULD be the brother of Zoroaster, who was born on 5/12/1835."  The blogger concluded that there was a possibility that "Boston is the son of the brother of my great-great-great-great grandmother."

Also contained in the other blogger's post:

"...Zoroaster married Josephine B. Cleveland on 10/2/1855."  "Zoroaster and Josephine had five children altogether; Lura was #3."  

[Note: Josephine was related to Grover Cleveland as am I; my 8th great grandmother was Joanna Cleveland.]


Finally:

Fred Corbett's son, Lewis, married Clarice Turner, step-daughter of Kezzie More; Kezzie was my 1st cousin 2x removed.  Fred was son of Zoraoster and Josephine Cleveland Corbett.

Members Of My More (Moir) Family?

From the Moir genealogy and collateral lines, with historical notes (different editions here and here), a  clue to additional descendants of William More/Moir and Margaret Norrie:

George MacLean Moir, clerk, of 14 Roseneath Place, Edinburgh, son of PETER MOIR, of Kincreich Mill, Forfarshire, and Isabella Roberts, grandson of WILLIAM MOIR, farm overseer, of Nether Hayston, Forfarshire, and ( ) NORRIE; b. Dec. 20, 1866, at Kincaldrum Mill, Forfarshire; m. June 6, 1901, Mary MacIntyre, dau. of Peter MacIntyre, of Virginia, U.S.A., and had issue: —

1. Elizabeth Stuart Moir, b. Sept. 3, 1902, at Edinburgh.
2. George Edward Moir, b. Aug. 16, 1904, at Edinburgh.
3. David Roberts Moir, b. Nov. 26, 1906.
4. Isabella Roberts Moir, b. Mar. 3, 1909, at Edinburgh.
5. Andrew Hill Moir, b. Dec. 11, 1910, at Edinburgh.

William and Margaret More had a son Peter who fit the profile of Peter Moir in the Moir genealogy book, according to the 1841 census taken in Glammis - Angus - Hayston (profiled in an earlier blog):

1841 Census - Scotland - Glammis - Angus - Hayston Address

Surname First name(s) Sex Age Occupation Where Born Remarks
MORE William M 45 Agri Lab Angus
MORE Margaret F 40 Outside Census County
MORE Janet F 15 Outside Census County
MORE John M 15 Miller Outside Census County
MORE George M 14 Apprentice Wright Outside Census County
MORE Alexander M 12 Agricultural Labourer Outside Census County
MORE Margaret F 10 Outside Census County
MORE Peter M 8 Outside Census County
MORE Jane F 6 Angus
MORE William M 4 Angus

Next Door:

MORE James M 25 Agricultural Labourer Angus
TOSH Peter M 25 Agricultural Labourer Angus
HERON William M 20 Agricultural Labourer Angus
ROBBIE Alexander M 15 Agricultural Labourer Angus

Marriage Record At Inverarity

Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910

Name: Andrew Millar

Spouse's Name: Jane Moir

Event Date: 19 Nov 1860

Event Place: Inverarity And Methy,Angus,Scotland

A pamphlet about Inverarity can be found here.  A book that included Inverarity is here.

Source

Rebecca (Perry) Farrar

Rebecca Perry was the daughter of Stephen and Esther (Loper) Perry who lived in Oakland County, Michigan.  She was buried with her parents and sister at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.


Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Oakland Co., Oxford Twp
4.  Mary J., wife of Philo Gibbs, d. 5 Aug 1875, ae 44,8,4
6.  Esther, wife of S. Perry, d. 18 Dec 1867  ae 60, 10, 7
7.  Stephen Perry  d. 22 May 1864
8.  Rebecca, wife of Samuel Praige, d. 13 June 1863  ae 31y 13d


Rebecca was married first to Loid Orville Farrar from whom she was granted a divorce.  The records were abstracted in Divorce Records For Oakland County 1839-1865 p. 81-82.  Excerpts:

FARRAR, REBECCA vs LOID ORVILLE FARRAR. Petition filed 25 Aug 1859. Rebecca's petition states that she was age 30 and a resident of Brandon Township and has been for the last five years past. She is the wife of Loid Orville Farrar, age 45, whom she married at Brandon, 11 Dec 1848. They lived as husband and wife until Mar 1858. There is one child, a daughter, Rosaltha, now three years old and residing with the complainant. The complainant believes her husband left Michigan and went to Illinois, then to Missouri, where he last was as of 24 Aug 1859.

Divorce granted 28 Dec 1859 to Rebecca Farrar. [Oakland County Marriage Records shows Rebekah [sic] A. Farrar, age 30, of Brandon who married Samuel Praige, age 46, of Holly at Brandon , 31 Dec 1859.] CASE #910

Rosaltha Farrar married James Levi More who was the brother of my great-grandmother, Addie More Powers.

News Briefs From Elba, Michigan, 11 January 1899

From the Lapeer Democrat, 11 January 1899:

ELBA

Wirt Winship* and wife entertained about thirty relatives Christmas among whom were J. T. and Mrs. Rich of Detroit**. A bountiful dinner was served after which a Christmas ladder was disburdened of its load of gifts. *Son of Nehemiah & Mary (Gale) Winship **Probably Governor & Lucretia (Winship) Rich - Lucretia & Nehemiah were siblings

A very pretty wedding at Oscar Moore's December 24th at which time his daughter Allie was united in marriage with Albert Leicester of Pontiac.

Carl L. Barker of Chicago and Charley Tucker of Flint spent the Monday following Christmas at Mrs. Jno. Winship's. Note: John Winship was probably the brother of Nehemiah & Lucretia Winship

Arthur Moore and wife entertained a party of eighteen relatives and friends New Year's day.

Misses Bertha and Sadie Winship attended the theater at Flint Monday evening.

R. J. McEntee accompanied by Mary Allen spent Saturday with his sister at Capac.

Misses Bertha and Georgia Winship visiting relatives at Grand Rapids and Ionia. Note: Georgia Melissa Winship, age 46, married (as his 2nd wife) Governor John T. Rich on 2 Nov 1915. Georgia was Wirt Winship's sister.

Mrs. Jno.Winship, Arthur Moore and Mrs. O. Allen at Lapeer Saturday.

Mrs. A. Burt is improving.

Ward Angle spent Sunday with his brother at Lapeer.

Mrs. A. L. Moore, at Lapeer Monday.

Born to Mr. and Mrs. Will Rice, January 5th, a son.

Levi Moore and wife are again with us. Note: Probably referring to James Levi & Rosaltha (Farrar) More. James and my great-grandmother, Addie (More) Powers, were siblings.

Saturday evening Mrs. Winship discovered that their house was on fire. Fortunately Mr. Winship was at home and they summoned Frank Griswold and wife and succeeded in extinguishing the flames, not, however, without tearing down the partition between two rooms.

A Native Of Lapeer -- Frank More's Obituary

From the Flint Daily Journal, published Thursday, May 4, 1916:

Lapeer Locals

Lapeer, Mich.,  May 4.--A telegram was received in Lapeer yesterday that Frank Moore, aged 54, is dead at Waycross, Ga.  Mr. Moore was born in Lapeer county and is a brother of Mrs. William Powers of Dryden and J. L. Moore of Portland, Oregon.

 J. Frank More was my great-grandmother's (Addie More Powers) brother.

Probate For William Farrar In Lapeer Co., Michigan

The probate file for William Farrar of Hadley, Lapeer County, Michigan, in Probate File #654, from FamilySearch.org, Michigan, Probate Records, Lapeer Estate files, Image 70 and  Image 80, included Mr. Farrar's Last Will & Testament and also his heirs.

Mrs. Betsey Farrar, Widow of deceased, Hadley, Lapeer Co., Michigan
William L. Farrar, son, ", ", "
Danvers W. Farrar, son, Flint, Genesee, "
Lorenzo J. Farrar, son, Brandon, Oakland, "
George D. Farrar, son, Cass, ",
James S. Farrar, son, Hadley, "
Lucy T. Loree, daughter, ", "
Ann E. Haywood, ", "
Harriet E. Woodard, ", Oregon, "
Heirs of Charles A. Farrar, son, Hadley, "
Heirs of Hannah S. Tripp, daughter, Commerce, Oakland, "
Heirs of Daniel J. Farrar, son, Hadley, Lapeer, "

Rosaltha B. Farrar, of Oakland County, Michigan, married James Levi More, a member of my Lapeer County, More family.  Don't know what, if any, relationship Rosaltha had with the William Farrar family.

Found Husband Dead Upon Returning From Funeral

When Mrs. Hanes/Haines returned home from her father's funeral in Lapeer, Michigan, her husband, Herman D. Hanes, who had apparently been in good health when she left home, was found dead upon her return.

Mrs. Hanes, David Lamond's daughter Margaret, married Herman Hanes on August 10, 1892. She was the sister of Jean (Lamond) More, who married my great-grandmother's brother, Ward B. More.

The story is at Genealogybank.com (a pay to view site) in the Flint Journal newspaper here published on February 10, 1913.

The Hanes family in 1900:

United States Census, 1900

residence: Owosso city, Shiawassee, Michigan

Household Gender Age

spouse Herman Haynes M

  Margreth L Haynes F

child Henry C Haynes M

child Ellen E Haynes F

child Charles V Haynes M

child Carl B Haynes M

Guardianship Of Rosaltha Farrar

Lapeer County, Michigan, probate files are online at FamilySearch.org and currently can be browsed, but not searched.  Because of other (off line) searches, there were a few file numbers to start browsing for, including File #691:

Lapeer County, Michigan, Probate

File #691

Rosaltha Farrar (Guardianship)

FamilySearch.org, U.S. Collection, Michigan, Lapeer County, Probate, File #691, Image 747

Rosaltha Farrar was the wife of James Levi More.  Her parents were Lord and Rebecca (Perry) Farrar.  The document above, dated 27 September 1870, stated that Rosaltha was over the age of 14 and that her father, Lord O. Farrar, late of Oakland County [was] deceased.  [Her mother, Rebecca, died in 1863.]

For the guardianship, Philo Gibbs was the principal and Henry Van Kleek and Nelson R. Mills were sureties.